2015 : TERROIR 9

THE THEME : PIONEERING CHANGE

What does it mean to be a pioneer? How can we enact real change? Those were two of the main themes discussed this year at Terroir and we also asked our audience to participate with us, using the #dugnad, following the incredible Nordic tradition, a day of giving back. We heard stories about promoting social responsibility through workers’ rights, from Jair Tellez, and promoting equality and open dialogue through ice cream, from Douglas Quint and Bryan Petroff. Mark McEwan challenged the media mold when he discussed with Connie Desousa a smarter, more engaging food TV program and Kimi Werner made us reimagine what the word ‘predator’ meant when she shared her break taking stories of underwater spearfishing dreams.

Discussions Included

Stranger in a Strange Land – Raising the Bar by Giving Back – I am not Mark Zuckerberg: Why the Food Movement Doesn’t Work like a Start-up - Viva la Revolucion! –What can we do for you? A Sustaining Food Economy and the Model Eater – Northern Lights, Making Waves from the Edge of the Earth – Don’t Shoot the Photographer – the Dorito Effect – Welcome to the Jungle : Off the Grid in Tulum – Hawksmoor and the Thing my 4-Year Old Knows about Beef – Under the Sea: the Hunters Connection – Beyond the Kitchen : Cooking Up Change – Top 5 Industry Survival Tips – A Terroir of One’s Own – The Flavours we Choose, the Journeys We Take, the Plates we Make – 100 New Scottish Foods – Michelin Mavin – Designing Dessert: at the Heart of the Meal – Nasa and the Future of Fish – Are we Living in a Material World? Changing Food TV – You can Tweet if you want to – Notes on Our (Accidental) Political Agenda